Beclean
This article is about the town in Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Romania. For the commune in Braşov County, see Beclean, Braşov. For the neighbourhood of Odorheiu Secuiesc, see Odorheiu Secuiesc.
| Beclean | ||
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| Town | ||
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Reformed church in Beclean | ||
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 Location of Beclean | ||
| Coordinates: 47°10′47″N 24°10′47″E / 47.17972°N 24.17972°ECoordinates: 47°10′47″N 24°10′47″E / 47.17972°N 24.17972°E | ||
| Country |
 Romania | |
| County | Bistriţa-Năsăud County | |
| Status | Town | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Nicolae Moldovan (Social Democratic Party) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 45.36 km2 (17.51 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011) | ||
| • Total | 10,403 | |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
| Website | http://www.primariabeclean.ro | |
Beclean (Romanian pronunciation: [beˈkle̯an]; Hungarian and German: Bethlen) is a town in Bistriţa-Năsăud County, in north-eastern Transylvania, Romania. It had 10,403 inhabitants at the 2011 census. 81.6% of these were Romanians, 14.2% Hungarians and 3.7% Roma.
The town administers three villages: Coldău (Goldau; Várkudu), Figa (Füge) and Rusu de Jos (Alsóoroszfalu). It is the site of an important railway junction (the station is called Beclean pe Someş), where secondary routes to Sighetu Marmaţiei and Suceava diverge from the main railway line from Braşov to Satu Mare.
History
| Historical population | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1930 | 3,334 | — |
| 1977 | 6,957 | +108.7% |
| 1992 | 11,606 | +66.8% |
| 2002 | 12,033 | +3.7% |
| 2011 | 10,403 | −13.5% |
| Source: Census data | ||
The town of Beclean is also the ancestral seat of the Hungarian Bethlen family.
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